NHS 'should consider giving statins to healthy people'

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
The study of 175,000 patients, in the Lancet, said even very low-risk patients benefited from the medication.
The Oxford researchers says the NHS should consider giving statins to healthy people. The NHS drugs watchdog, NICE, is reviewing the evidence.
However, statins have been linked to side-effects such as kidney failure.